Boeing To Roll Out Product-Management Software Companywide (InformationWeek)

It’s part of an effort to improve manufacturing as Boeing faces an order backlog of 3,600 planes, including the delayed Dreamliner 787.

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Boeing, unions must confront outsourcing issue (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Outsourcing and job security are critical issues for the future of Boeing and its unionized workers. So why doesn’t the issue get more attention than it does?
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SEATTLE 2008: 13 boats have qualified for Seafair, including Chip Hanauer with the U-787 (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)

Five boats qualified at better than 150 mph.  Dave Villwock in the U-1 Ellstrom Elam Plus presents Amos W. Hoss tops the field at 155.857 mph. INSIDE:  Complete qualifying speeds >>
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Boeing To Roll Out Product-Management Software Companywide (InformationWeek)

It’s part of an effort to improve manufacturing as Boeing faces an order backlog of 3,600 planes, including the delayed Dreamliner 787.
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Machinists and engineers question Boeing’s 787 business strategy (Everett Herald)

Union officials also say they’re dissatisfied with the progress of current contract talks.
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Mxi signs decade-long agreement with Boeing (CanadaIT.com)

Ottawa’s Mxi Technologies, an aviation maintenance software company, announced Wednesday a ten-year software license distribution agreement with Boeing for an undisclosed amount.
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Boeing introduces ‘green’ hydroplane (Everett Herald)

SEATTLE — A Boeing 787 is ready for a test flight this Seafair weekend. Well, sort of anyway. When hydroplanes hit the water Friday to start the weekend of racing that will culminate in Sunday’s Chevrolet Cup, a boat called the U-787 Salute the Seafair will be on Lake Washington.
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Boeing Standardizes Software For Product Development (InformationWeek)

It’s part of an effort to improve manufacturing, as Boeing faces roaring demand and an order backlog of 3,600 commercial planes.
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Boeing shares hit 3-year low (Chicago Tribune)

Shares of Boeing Co. slid to a three-year low Thursday, amid concerns over high oil prices and a possible strike at the company’s commercial airplane business.
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Boeing’s acting unfairly toward its machinists (Seattle Times)

Boeing’s acting unfairly toward its machinists Editor, The Times: Boeing is “offering” to continue outsourcing union jobs, remove early-retiree…
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